EE rolling out Portico update to Lumias, visual voicemail on the horizon?

We've just got word that UK mobile operator EE has begun rolling out the Portico update for Lumia 920 Windows Phones that are tied to the network. The Windows Phone 8 update introduces a number of improvements, including SMS call reject, persistent Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot and addresses stability issues (such as those annoying soft-resets).

Should you be with EE, be sure to keep checking for updates by heading over to Settings –> Phone Update –> Check for updates. A notification should alert a Lumia 920 owner that an update has been found, so fear not if you can't locate Portico just yet.

As well as the update, EE has also launched visual voicemail for the iPhone 5. Will not Windows Phone related, could this mean Windows Phone hardware running on the EE network will sport such functionality in the future? It's certainly worth the consideration. We've reached out to EE for more details.

it varies, some people get it easily while others don't i guess they limit it by IMEI numbers?? Anyhow if OTA updates do not come to your phone, there's always the manual method, but you need to backup and restore your phone as the manual update will erase all data.

I have just downloaded the update and im on Orange (UK). Though i wasnt prompted, i manually checked for updates after reading this article. Taking its time though, been going 20 mins so far and just have 2 wheels spinning on the screen.

You sir are an idiot of the highest order. RTFS. It clearly says the update will take between 5-10 mins. Some users (with lots of content on their phone) the update will take longer. I updated 2x920's last night, one had almost no apps or media on it, and the other had lots of media, apps, texts, emails. The empty 920 took 5 mins flat, my 920 with much more on it, took about 20 mins. If 40mins is "such" a massive pain for you to wait, then you could have removed some of the phones content, but you already knew that because you read the screen didn't you. Pebfas. Problem exists between finger and screen. :rolleyes:

Good to hear yours decided to behave itself. Mine's still playing up! Still on the plus side the OS appears slightly faster when moving between screens and apps.
Ah well, when's Portico+ hitting our shores?

I sent a tweet to EE regarding visual voicemail...they sent me a direct message back saying that they are releasing Visual Voicemail to iPhone users first, with it coming to Windows Phone & Android users sometime in 2013/14. Typical that they favour iPhone users first!

My phone has recently come back from repair (well nearly 2 weeks now) from EE what is the update OS version? I was told my phone had been updated already but i didnt know if they were talking about apps firmware or OS....?